Replace "\" with "/" in r

Question

I'm trying to replace "\" with "/" or "\\" in R.

fp = "C:\users\jordan\Documents\Computer Science\R\miscData.txt"
replace(fp, "\", "\\")


Output:
> fp = "C:\users\jordan\Documents\Computer Science\R\miscData.txt"
Error: '\u' used without hex digits in character string starting ""C:\u"

Obviously, "\" is an escape character and can't be used this way. Is there a way to avoid the use of "\" as an escape character in R?

Can't you just escape it again? I.e., use '\\\\' instead – erocoar Jan 27 '18 at 22:37 — erocoar, Jan 27 '18 at 22:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '18 at 22:56

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You can use the scan function. In your example:

X = scan(what="character",allowEscapes=F, nmax = 1)
"C:\users\jordan\Documents\Computer Science\R\miscData.txt"

The result:

X
[1] "C:\\users\\jordan\\Documents\\Computer Science\\R\\miscData.txt"

answered Jan 27 '18 at 22:56

Bruno Vilela

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